The season has not been kind to Ricky Romero. After going 8-1 before the All-Star Break, Romero hasn’t been able to record a win in ten starts. His latest attempt against the Detroit Tigers was another forgettable trip to the mound for Romero.
Over his last ten games, Romero has shown moments of improvement over his control issues that have plagued him all season. In his last start against th...

If any Blue Jays follower was questioning whether or not J.A. Happ was just another stop-gap starter for the team, the 29 year-old lefty made great strides on Friday night against the Texas Rangers to put those questions to rest.
In his third start for Toronto, Happ threw 98 pitches over six innings, gave up one run on two hits, walked one and struck out eight. Most impressively, seven of his s...

For the Blue Jays Tuesday’s loss to Chicago hinged mainly on two plays: Henderson Alvarez’s error in the fifth that allowed in the eventual winning run, and Edwin Encarnacion’s lineout/turned double-play to end a bases-loaded opportunity.
Alvarez was pitching well early in the game. He had only given up two hits, until AJ Pierzynski’s lead-off single in the fifth. Pierzynski would event...

It’s been a tough season for Ricky Romero. He hasn’t managed a win since June, at times because he’s unable to pitch effectively and other times because he doesn’t get any run support. Friday night against the Yankees, it was a combination of poor defense, lack of offense and ineffective relief pitching that cost Romero a chance at a win.
Romero started off the game with a three-up-thre...

It’s tough to say why the Toronto Blue Jays have such a hard time when they visit Tampa Bay. With their 3-2 loss to the Rays on Wednesday night, the Jays guaranteed the loss of their 16th straight series in Florida.
Granted, even when the Rays weren’t in the playoff hunt regularly they gave Toronto trouble. With the Jays’ offense scuffling, having to face Tampa’s excellent pitching staf...

If the Blue Jays’ series against the Seattle Mariners is any indication of how their current road trip is going to go, Toronto is going to be in tough to scrounge-up even a .500 record on this ten game trip.
Wednesday night’s game seemed as if the Jays had a chance to avoid being swept. Starter Carlos Villanueva was trying to avoid his first loss of the season and worked well over his six i...

It was hard to know going into Sunday’s game which Brett Cecil the Blue Jays were going to see. At times since being recalled, Brett Cecil has possessed the kind of control he needs to be effective, now that he’s throwing for a lower velocity. At other times, he’s lacked the control to keep opposing hitters guessing.
For the most part, control was the story of the day for Cecil. In the ea...

The Blue Jays started off their series against the Detroit Tigers in a positive way. After avoiding the sweep with a 10-4 win against Oakland yesterday, Toronto was hoping to kick the weekend off with a win on Friday night.
Starter Carlos Villanueva was not at his most efficient, needing 99 pitches to make it through five innings. But, after giving up two, two-out solo homeruns to Miguel Cabrer...

Good pitching beats good hitting.
That’s the best way to describe what happened to the Blue Jays on Tuesday night against the Oakland Athletics. After setting a season high in hits on Sunday with 18, the Jays were held to two runs on eight hits. Oakland starter Trevor Blackley put in a strong seven innings, giving a good example of why the A’s have found ways to win of late; their pitching....

The three game sweep in Boston came at a very opportune time for the Blue Jays. After being swept out of New York and losing Jose Bautista to the DL, Toronto wasn’t exactly at the top of its game to be heading into Fenway.
The offense was the big story of the weekend as it produced 34 hits in the three games, scoring 28 runs in total. The team set season highs in runs and hits on Sunday, plat...

After a busy pre-game kind of day, the Toronto Blue Jays snapped their three game losing streak by beating the Boston Red Sox 6-1.
Aaron Laffey pitched seven scoreless innings, holding the Red Sox to eight hits, while striking out four. It was the kind of dominating and deep-into-the-game the Jays needed. It was also another demonstration of how Laffey has settled into a starting role, offering...

So far, this week has been another the Jays wish they could forget. After winning their first series after the All-Star Break at home against Cleveland, Toronto was swept out of New York today after a rain shortened game.
The current road trip was seen by many as the first huge test of the season for a young team already dealing with its share of injury blows. They were set to make their first ...